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Realme keeps on increasing its share of the Indian smartphone market, growing shipments more than 400 percent year-on-year to grab 14.3 percent in the third quarter of 2019, according to figures from IDC. That’s a huge increase on the 3.1 percent recorded a year ago when the brand had only just launched, initially as a spin-off from Oppo. IDC cites “heavy shipments” of the C2 phone as well…

The Xiaomi Mi Note 10 is the first smartphone in the world to bring a 108MP camera – that’s 13 times the resolution of a 4K TV! It’s also the first phone to offer five different focal lengths, something the Nokia 9 PureView (the first penta camera phone) could not manage. And yet this is a mid-range phone – the Snapdragon 730G is a solid performer, but certainly not at a flagship level.

Credit where credit is due, Xiaomi made some big promises regarding MIUI 11 updates on its older devices and has been following through on those pretty nicely since. Now the company’s shiny new MIUI skin has officially started popping-up on Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus (Redmi Note 5) and Xiaomi Redmi 5 devices in China. Both area nearly two-year-old budget devices and that’s not even the…

Prefacing this entire bit of into with a big warning about its early and unconfirmed nature, even though the source is quite reputable. Evan Blass (@evleaks) has an industry insider scoop or maybe even a few, judging by his recent private posts that claim the Samsung Galaxy S11 will come in three sizes. First up, a small 6.2-inch or perhaps 6.4-inch one. If Samsung sticks to its current naming…